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Vol. »»—No. 35
Dist. 1, Fred Hudson 25,532,
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A PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS, The theme for National Hospital Week is
‘‘GET TO KNOW US BEFORE YOU NEED US"
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the store through
window.
time earlier. Other camp-
en heard them when they
broke a plate glass window
in the store and reported
Two were arrested the past
weekend for driving while
one for being
drunk and one for disorderly
conduct. The latter arrest was
WHEREAS, May 12-18, 1974, has been designated
National Hospital Week, and
Wright Patman 53,285
Patman will face Republi-
can James L. Ferris in the
November General election.
NOW, THEREFORE. 1, Joe Jack Jordan, as Mayor of
this city of Mount Vernon do hereby proclaim May
12-18, 1974, as NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK and
urge the citizens of Mount Vernon to take cognizance
of this event and participate in its observance
GIVEN, at City Hall in Mount Vernon, Texas on May 2.
1974
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Ila County Sheriff's office.
(Optic Staff Photo).
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Primary voters weighed his
age — 80 against his
experience — 46 years — and
renominated U.S. House dean
Rep. Wright Patman, D-Tex.
to his Dist. 1 post Saturday. It
was a good day for all U.S.
WHEREAS, the city of Mount Vernon joins the nation
in encouraging our citizens to become better
informed about our hospitals’ services and
accomplishments, and to lend their support to the
achievement of our hospitals’ goals,
ime ye concerned
about how zfospitals are
meeting growing health care
DEMOCRATS:
Governor: Steve Alexander
26,450, Gov. Dolph Briscoe
975,462, Frances Farenthold
398.408, W.H. Posey 30,956.
Comptroller: Bob Bullock
830,006, Hugh Edburg 270,325.
Treasurer: Jesse James
750,224, Don Yarbrough 581,-
994
Agriculture Commissioner:.
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day morning and charged
with the burglary of Tall
Tree Marina which had
been burglarized a short
By His Honor
Joe Jack Jordan, Mayor
Rep. O.C. Fisher retired,
opening a six man free-for-all.
For the November general
elections, six of the state’s 24
congressmen face no opposi-
tion. All 18 others will have
general races, including six
coffee planned for Thurs-
day af]
betw
and 4
noon, May 16, 1974 between
thehoui.,of 2:()0and 4:00 p m
and it is hoped that friends of with E.R. Bob Gregg receiv-
Patman's rivals harped on
his ag<
his 1930s approach to the
nation’s economic ills. He is
chairman of the powerful and from
important House Banking and Bureau:
Currency Committee.
us.**. The public is invited
to visit the hospital during
the week and especially
during an open house
the health field established a
National Hospital Day to
mark the 100th anniversary of
the birth of Florence Nightin-
gale, the woman credited with
establishing the modern pro-
fession of nursing. In 1953,
National Hospital Day was
extended to the week-long
event now observed
Albert Riley and Leonard
Wilson Stephens were arrest-
ed early last Saturday
morning and charged with the
burglary of the Tall Tree
Marina on Lake Cypress
Springs. The Marina had been
burglarized about 2:30 a m.
A family camped nearby
was awakened when the men
broke a plate glass window on
the lake side of the marina
store and watched the men as
they entered through the
window and brought merch-
andise out of the store.
d 14 votes
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Glen Jones and Fred Hudson,
|e and what they'called Jr., longevity was the key
iksue
Here is the latest vote count
the Texas Election
Burglars entered the, Joe
Black Gulf Service Station by curred about 12:45
prying open a back window on Spur 423 in
the night of May 1 or early
loon, May 16
fit the hours of 2:00
00 p.m.l (Optic Photo)
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Light
Voter
Turnout
Saturday's Democratic Pri-
mary election was probably
the least exciting and drew
less interest than any such
primary in the history of
Franklin County.
The only contested local
race was that for Commis-
sioner of Precinct 2, with
three candidates seeking the
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ReP- post, and there will be a
runoff for this office on
Saturday, June I. Voter
apathy was evident even in
this precinct as only 452
voters out of a possible 752
registered voters cast ballots
in this race.
Charles Broach and Bobby
R. Elbert will meet in the
runoff election. Broach led
the ticket with 220 votes,
Elbert received 192 votes and
Herman Hilliard received 40.
The greatest number of
votes cast county wide was in
the race for United States
Herbert Schroeder 312,628, Congressman, District one,
John White, 853,993.
Railroad Commissioner: C.
A Kelly 456,914, Mack
Wallace 643,381
Pari-mutuel betting:
552,195, against 605,196
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The board alsb passed a
resolution agreeing to co-
sponsor with Franklin County
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87 Days
WITHOUT A /
F ATAL TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT IN
FRANKLIN
COUNTY
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and future goals of Franklin
County Hospital during Na-
tional ^Hospital Week, May
12-18, 1974.
Franklin County Hospital is
THREE LONGVIEW
MEN who were camped at
Lake Cypress Springs
were arrested early Satur-
Residents of Mount Vernon
and Franklin County will
have an opportunity to
become better informed
about the services, activities slogan,
before you need us.”
Franklin
National
activities,
Admini-
Contract
Let For
FarmRoad
AUSTIN -Highway con-
struction contracts let in April
by the Texas Highway
Commission include Paris
area work
The work, supervised by
District Engineer James W
Cravens, will be in Franklin
County.
A contract was awarded to
II M B Construction Co of
Texarkana Low bid was
$390,198.65
The project, which will
require an estimated 120
working days, will be under
Highway Department Engi-
neer Bob B Bakdr of Mt
Vernon
The contract is for grading,
structures, base and surfac
ing on .3.3 miles of Farm to
Market Road 3007 The
project extends from 1 3 miles
northeast of FM Road 115,
east and north to County
Road
The contract is for the road
which will cross the dam of
Lake Cypress Springs and end
at (he county road just north
of the dam It is hoped that
contracts let later in stages
will extend to the present
F M 21 and eventually to
Interstate 30 near Winfield
I Board had
previously given the local
. board authority to re
the negotiate the contract
A contract was completed
tional Hospital Week, May
12-18. The theme of this
year’s observance is “Get
to know us before you need
that
Hospital the hospital will take this jng 354 vote8 to Ray Houston
1 Greene’s 313.
Franklin County voters
voted heavily against the
referendum to legalize pari-
mutuel wagering on horse
“get to know us,” we hope the • and friends to inspect their
public will then better hospital facilities and ser-
understand that we need their vices An open house coffee is
involvement and support in planned for Thursday after-
order to meet our obligations
to the community ”
Mr Carothers said
during National I*
Week, Franklin County Hos- opportunity to visit Franklin
pita) will welcome visitors County Hospital
National Hospital Week,
sponsored by the American
Hospital Association, was
begun in 1920 when leaders in racing with 673 voting against
and 195 voting for
Unopposed candidates for
state office and their total
Franklin County vote were as
follows:
Bill Hobby received 791
votes for Lieutenant Gover-
nor, John Hill received 791
votes for Attorney General,
Bob Armstrong received 750
votes for Commissioner of the
Genera) Land Office, Jim C.
langdon received 752 votes
for Railroad Commissioner
(Full Term), Sears McGee
received 734 votes for
Associate Justice, Supreme
Court of Texas (Place 1);
Thomas M Reavley received
721 votes for Associate
Justice, Supreme Court of
Texas (Place 2); Zollie
Steakley received 711 votes
for Associate Justice, Su-
preme Court of Texas (Place
3); W A Morrision received
731 votes for Judge of the
Court of Criminal Appeals
(Place 1); and I>eon Douglas
received 713 votes for Judge
of the Court of Criminal
Appeals (Place 2).
Unopposed candidates for
district offices and their total
Franklin County vote were:
A M Aikin, Jr received 795
votes for State Senator,
District 1; George L Preston
received 746 votes for State
Representative, District 9;
TC Chaddick received 755
votes for Chief Justice, Court
of Civil Appeals (Full Term)
District 6; Bill J. Cornelius
received 726 votes for
Associate Justice, Court of
Civil Appeals (Unexpired
Term) District 6.
Unopposed candidates for
local offices and their total
vote were:
Lanny Ramsay received 911
votes for County Judge,
Elaine Adams received 909
votes for District and County
Clerk, Jeanette O’Neal re-
ceived 918 votes for County
Treasurer; Jo Ann Hughes
received 584 votes for Justice
of the Peace, Precinct 1; W.C.
Newsome received 854 votes
for County Chairman; Jim-
mie Dee Tosh received 137
See DEMO Page 12
with 677 of 1,099 voters casting
their ballots for veteran
Congressman Wright Pat-
man Fred Hudson, Jr. polled
280 votes while Glen Jones
received 142 votes.
Franklin County voters
gave Governor Dolph Briscoe
the largest vote of any
candidate who was opposed
with 883 voters marking their
ballot for the incumbent.
Frances (Sissy) Farenthold
received 157 votes, Steve
Alexander 24 and W H. Posey
received 17
Bob Bullock was favored by
Franklin County voters for
Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts giving him 629 votes to
Hugh Edburg's 226
Jesse James led in the
county for State Treasurer
with 695 votes to Donald B.
Yarbrough’s 301.
Joly C. White led for State
Treasurer with 709 Votes to
Herbert A. Schroeder's 212.
Mack Wallace led the
Franklin County balloting for
Railroad Commissioner, un-
expired term, with 403 votes
to C.A Kelly’s 262 votes.
The race for District One,
State Board of Education,
was close in Franklin County
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Runoff In Commissioners Precinct 2
14 Vote In . . 111T
Republican
Primary
Only 14 ballots were cast in
the Republican primary in
Franklin County. The only
voting box in the Republican ,
primary was at the home of •
Mary Wheeler on Highway 37
south of the Cypress com-
munity.
The only local candidate on
the ballot was James A.
Moyers for County Chairman
and he received 14 votes.
James L. Ferris received 12
votes for United States
Congressman, District one.
Jim Gray Berry received 12
votes for Governor and Odell
McBrayer received two votes.
Gaylord Marshall received
11 votes of Lieutenant
Governor with Troy Skates
receiving two.
Tom Cole received '
for Attorney General.
Nick Rowe rede
votes for Comptrl
Public Accounts.
Robert G. Holt received 14
votes for State Treasurer.
Mary Lou Grier received 14
votes for Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Zack Fisher received 14
votes for Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Joe P. Cain. received 14
votes for Railroad Commis-
sioner, full term.
John A. Hall received 10
votes and Dan W. Steffes
received four votes for
Railroad Commissioner, un-
expired-term.
Therese .11
elected charrm
No. 2 with one write-in vote.
Mary Wheeler was elected
chairman of Precinct No. 4
with three write-in votes.
Curtis Penn was elected
chairman of Precinct No. 7
with dhe write-in vote.
J.P. Hogan was elected
chairman of Precinct No. 6
with one write-in vote.
Three referendum proposi-
tions appeared on the Repub-
lican ballot.
Twelve voted for referen-
dum No. 1 with none voting
against which stated: The
Constitution of Texas should
include a provision guaran-
teeing a person’s right to hold
a job whether or not he
chooses to belong or pay
money to an organization
See REPUBLICAN Page 12
Briscoe, Patman Take Decisive Wins
Dolph Briscoe basked hap- Central Texas Dist. 21, where who had no primary foes. House incumbents *n rac^ “K®*nsl J?'en J<>ne* 20,168. Rep
, pily Sunday in piassive twin “
zpolitical victories — renomi-
nation for governor and
control of the Texas Demo-
cratic party machinery.
Briscoe’s landslide was so
huge that legislators who
oppose his programs must
take notice, as must politi-
cians of other states and the
administration.
He will oppose Republican
Jim Cranberry in the Novem-
ber general election with the
odds in Briscoe’s favor for
re-election.
Frances “Sissy” Faren-
thold, Briscoe’s only serious
opponent, faded badly com-
pared to her performance in
the 1972 first primary when
she got 612,000 votes to
Briscoe’s 963,000 and forced a
runoff.
The opinion poll on pari-mu-
tuel horse race betting
demonstrated again that
Texasn are against such
wagering.
It was a day for incumbents
in Texas, a state whose
traditional Democratic pre-
dominance apparently pro-
vided insulation from the
Watergate-phobia that has
chilled incumbents elsewhere
in the nation. All the
statewide office holders who
sought renomination were
successful.
All incumbent U.S. House
members gained renomina-
tion, except in the West
a past record of burglary and
assault on an officer and one
is out on probation The three intoxicated,
were released from the
Franklin County jail on
Saturday after making $5,000 made by City Policeman Don
bond each. Qualls.
Qualls also investigated an
accident Tuesday which oc-
.5 p.m. on
Spur 423 in the Denton
addition to Mt. Vernon. The
May 2 and took approximate- pickup, driven by Ronnie
ly $35.00 in change. Stinson, went out of control
The Western Auto Store was when he went to sleep and
broken into on the night of overturned ending up back on
May 2 or the morning of May 3 its wheels. Stinson was
and a tape recorder, a returning from Lone Star
portable radio and approxi- Steel where he is employed
mately $3 00 in change was The pickup was heavily
taken. They gained entry to damaged but it is understood
a back that Stinson’s injuries were
not serious.
Cooper Appointed
To Water Board
The Board of Directors of payment $‘19,062 tor work
the Franklin County Water completed on the boat ramp
District, after officially ac
cepting the resignation of A
J. Laws as a member of the
at the south end of the dam on
Lake Cypress Springs
The board agreed
board, appointed Jearl (Mutt) negotiate a new take or pay
Cooper to replace Laws on the contract with the South
board at their meeting on "
Monday.
joining 7,000
throughout the country in vast social
observation of the annual change, peo]
how
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
HOSPITAL is joining the
nation's more than 7,000
hospitals observing Na-
On announcing
County Hospital
Hospital Week
Louis Carothers,
with the national
“Get to know us
Franklin County Sheriff
Bobby Biggerstaff said the
men would probably have not
been apprehended if the
nearby campers had not
reported the incident to him
immediately. He urged all
persons to report suspicious
actions of people or suspicious
vehicles to him immediately
The family notified the' and it will help a great deal in
Franklin County Sheriff’s cutting down on the number of
Department who arrested the burglaries occuring here,
three who were asleep in their C----.1-------------1-2 —
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Franklin Water Supply Cor
poration. The Texas Water
Cooper was then adminis- Development
tered the oath of office
The board approved gene-
ral expenditures for l.„
month of April totaling
15,046.13. They also approved for the sa]e of waler to the
payment of $1,212 70 for a new City of Mt peasant for the
copier and supplies for the remainder of 1974 and 1975
machine. They approved
payment of $1,995 to Exco.
Inc. for maintenance work on
the dry side of the dam
They approved a progress and the City of Mt. Vernon a
payment to Gibson Construe- meeting of the Ark Tex
tion Company of $21,180 less Council of Governments in
10 percent which made the Mt Vernon during July
REPUBLICANS:
Governor: Jim Granberry
47,243, Odell McBrayre 14,015.
Lt Gov: Gaylor Marshal)
42,267. Troy Skates 12,845
Right-to-work: For 56,962,
against 4,275
Prohibit state income tax:
For 56,778, against 4,617
Parimutuel betting:
28,185, against 31,070
The election turnout was
poor, well below predictions,
reflecting lack of interest.
The Democrats polledjtfeput a
million and a half
the Republicans a li
than 60,000.
Public Invited To Visit Hospital May 12-18
.j—A--» ... - hospitals strator, said, “In this era of responsibilities, and about the
id economic rising costs of health care
sAvices.
“The objectives of our
National Hospital Week 1974
needs, both inside and outside activities are to encourage
their walls. They have a the people of this community,
rightful interest in how as well as those closely
effectively and efficiently involved with the institution,
hospita^ ye fulfilling their to “get to know us.” As they
3 Charged With Tall Tree Marina Burglary
Three Longview men, Da- camper in Overlook Park
vid Earl Harkleroad, George near the boat ramp.
The $50.00 to $75.00 worth of
groceries, cigarettes, fishing
reels and a case of canned
Coca-Cola were recovered
from the men’s camper and
boat.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1974, newspaper, May 9, 1974; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278278/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.